The God of the Storm

[484 words] A storm spells trouble if you work outside. But not for God. He is the Master of bringing good out of chaos. The first book of the Bible shows that the conflict and confusion we cause cannot hinder Him. We talk about family troubles today. But this is as old as mankind. The first home had strife. Cain killed his brother out of envy and spite (Gen. 4:1-10). What good could possibly come from this tragedy? Abel obeyed God but the Bible does not record one word he said. That may not seem fair since it devotes several verses to what his jealous brother said. Yet we find these remarkable words in Hebrews 11:4: “By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.”…